IN CINEMA
ALL THE LADIES SAY
Screening: Sunday, April 6th, 7PM
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price
Ana "Rokafella" Garcia, documentary, 2010, 45 min
Join us for a vibrant closing celebration featuring food, music, networking, and interactive graffiti and dance workshops. The event will include a special screening of ALL THE LADIES SAY, directed by B-Girl Rokafella, honoring the contributions of B-Girls to Hip-Hop culture. Additionally, an exhibition curated by Martha Diaz and India Mallard will showcase powerful photographs and artifacts from the Fresh, Bold & So Def collection, highlighting the legacy and impact of women in Hip-Hop.
Veteran b-girl Ana “Rokafella” Garcia’s first documentary film ALL THE LADIES SAY features the work of female breakdancers in the United States, including Aiko, Baby Love, Beta, Lady Champ, Severe and Vendetta. This film raises awareness of the female presence in Hip-hop and promotes the growth of this dance community in the United States and internationally. Discussions about femininity, motherhood and the representation of women in popular culture are a few of the themes explored by the dancers.
A physically demanding dance form and originally performed in the streets, breakdancing has been associated with male dancers, or b-boys. ALL THE LADIES SAY convincingly challenges this assumption with a wealth of archival and contemporary audiovisual materials including an exclusive interview with Baby Love, a B-girl pioneer and previous tour member of the Rock Steady Crew dance group. Despite the obstacles, professional b-girls have carved a niche in the male-dominated world of Hip-Hop and continue to pursue their dreams.
An inspiring look at the world of female breakdancers, ALL THE LADIES SAY documents the 2006 tour “The B Girl Sitdowns” and features dance performances from veteran and upcoming b-girls in San Francisco, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, and Minneapolis. The B Girl Sitdowns was funded by the Ford Foundation and organized by Full Circle Productions, a non-profit organization that presents uplifting Hip Hop dance performances and provide educational Hip Hop dance programming in New York City.
"Everyone knows about the men in hip hop, but this documentary showcases the female break-dancers... illuminating the triumphs and challenges of hip hop culture. A smart and exciting exploration of the B-Girl phenomenon in the U.S." — Dance on Camera Festival, Film Society of Lincoln Center
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ALL THE LADIES SAY is part of the Fresh, Bold & So Def Symposium II: Culture Carriers – A Global Movement, Defined by U.N.I.T.Y. presented by the Hip-Hop Education Center in collaboration with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Maysles Documentary Center, and the Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive in SCUA, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
